Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-134-98855-8
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Chapter 3 - Exercises and Problems - Page 52: 81

Answer

$77.2\space m$

Work Step by Step

Please see the attached image first. We can write, $Acceleration\space (a)=\frac{V^{2}}{r}$ in rotational motion. Let's plug known values into this equation. $0.825\times9.8\space m/s^{2}=\frac{(90\times1000\times\frac{1}{3600}\space m/s)^{2}}{r}$ $r=\frac{625}{8.1}\space m=77.2\space m$ Driver has to start swerving from 77.2 m far from the truck
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